Checklist for Incoming FPCs and Deck Leads
Eastern Bering Sea
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General
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SEA to DH GBL and Container HAZMAT Decl.
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Review Inter-leg Communication Log prepared by FPC from previous leg (if
applicable)
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REVIEW INVENTORY LISTS FOR YOUR VESSEL
-
OSI
2021 Job Service No’s
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Provide Fuel
PO # and sign and obtain copy of fuel receipt if fuel taken
-
Check survival suit inventory and assign a suitably-sized survival suit
to each scientific staff
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Safety
Leader and FPC conduct pre-cruise safety check
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FPC
Orientation checklist
-
Conduct
pre-cruise safety meeting with skipper, scientific staff, and crew in
wheelhouse
-
Check serial numbers for survival suits and 406MHz EPIRBS
-
Record
personal survival suit and EPIRB identification numbers on the Safety
Briefing form
-
Have ALL
survey and vessel crew watch SEXUAL HARRASSMENT VIDEO
-
Email RACE Deputy Director that Safety Briefing was completed with list
of serial numbers for survival suits and 406MHz EPIRBs
-
Science
personnel by leg and vessel
-
Flight schedules for
scientists
-
Check glycerin/thymol solution to make sure it is not floculent and has
proper dilution and viscosity
-
Survey map (indicating
completed tows & those yet to be completed by vessel)
-
Clean bedding for all new scientists
-
Expendable items - always use items with the earliest expiration dates
first to prevent waste & save GAP $$
ES60 Calibration
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ES60
Calibration (beginning of first leg)
-
Fill-out
ES60 Pre-cruise settings sheet
-
Fill-out
ES60 Parameter change form
-
Check
FPC filebox or print copies of blank ES60 log forms for skipper
-
Following the calibration of a vessels ES-60 Simrad sounder the down
riggers and appropriate associated gear should be rinsed with freshwater
dried and stowed in a dry location. The "C" clamps provided should be
greased or at the very least, oiled to prevent corrosion and seizing of
the screw mechanism.
Software and Hardware
-
Set
up catch entry computer according to General Catch Data Entry
Instructions
-
Install
WHEELHOUSE updates (if necessary)
-
Make
sure new ES60 hard drive was installed for each new leg
-
Set up bridge computers according to
Marport and Wheelhouse cookbooks
-
Provide skipper
with most current version of Globe lines files and put in their
C:/Globe/lines/ directory (EBSGOODBAD_LINES2020.mdb,
EBSGOODBAD_LINES2019.mdb,EBSGOODBAD_LINES2018.mdb,
EBSGOODBAD_LINES2017.mdb)
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Provide skipper
with most current Globe MARKS files (EBSstations_2020_Marks.mdb,
EBS_2019_GOODBAD_MARKS.mdb and EBS_ALL_GOODBAD_MARKS_new.mdb) and copy
to vessel C:/Globe/marks/ directory
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Provide skipper
with most current Globe MARKS files (NBSstations_2020_Marks.mdb,
NBS_2019_GOODBAD_MARKS.mdb, NBS_2017_GOODBAD_MARKS.mdb, and
NBS_ALL_GOODBAD_MARKS_new.mdb) and copy to vessel C:/Globe/marks/
directory
-
Set
Globe program on bridge TO RECORD LOG AND TRACK data
-
All scales, tablets, and computers are
working before leaving the dock
-
Leg
1: make sure LW parameters in DATA_ENT program are correct
-
Make sure there is back up media: thumb drive, blank CDs for daily
backup of bridge and catch computer
Trawl net
-
Refer to net swapping procedure
to randomly determine the sequential order of net usage and record on
the Net Swapping Log Form.
-
Configure
attachment of net jewelry (see attached picture)
-
Net Swapping Log Form
-
Initialize
MK9 light meters and secure one on top of wheelhouse and the other for
use on trawl headrope
-
Mark
trawl wires (first leg) - Step-by-step Wire Marking Protocol
-
Do practice trawl and
fill out Standard Trawing Procedures form
Deck
-
Gloves of all sizes required by scientific crew
-
Catch, Haul, and Specimen Apps set up (back up paper forms available)
-
Pencils and Blank Printer Paper
-
Otolith and Specimen Supplies (ethanol, glycerol, otolith trays and
vials/caps, tweezers, knives, formalin, buckets, specimen labels,
plastic bags)
-
Stuff
otolith vials with labels (otolithlabels.xls)
-
Add polycorder mount and length strip to length boards
-
Check that you have bleach in your inventory for cleaning otolith trays
-
Check that you have sufficient marking paint in your inventory
-
Check to see if there is a meter stick for measuring trawl alley catches
-
Document vessel ingress and egress
-
Check content’s of your vessel’s BCS tool box on arrival or before start
of leg. Turning the BCS tool box over to the vessel’s deck crew does not
release you from responsibility for the condition of it’s contents
AI/GOA
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General
-
SEA to DH GBL and Container HAZMAT Decl.
-
Review Inter-leg Communication Log prepared by FPC from previous leg (if
applicable)
-
REVIEW INVENTORY LISTS FOR YOUR VESSEL
-
OSI
2021 Job Service No’s
-
Provide Fuel
PO # and sign and obtain copy of fuel receipt if fuel taken
-
Check survival suit inventory and assign a suitably-sized survival suit
to each scientific staff
-
Safety
Leader and FPC conduct pre-cruise safety check
-
FPC
Orientation checklist
-
Conduct
pre-cruise safety meeting with skipper, scientific staff, and crew in
wheelhouse
-
Check serial numbers for survival suits and 406MHz EPIRBS
-
Record
personal survival suit and EPIRB identification numbers on the Safety
Briefing form
-
Have ALL
survey and vessel crew watch SEXUAL HARRASSMENT VIDEO
-
Email RACE Deputy Director that Safety Briefing was completed with list
of serial numbers for survival suits and 406MHz EPIRBs
-
Science
personnel by leg and vessel
-
Flight schedules for
scientists
-
Check glycerin/thymol solution to make sure it is not floculent and has
proper dilution and viscosity
-
Survey map (indicating
completed tows & those yet to be completed by vessel)
-
Clean bedding for all new scientists
-
Expendable items - always use items with the earliest expiration dates
first to prevent waste & save GAP $$
ES60 Calibration
-
ES60
Calibration (beginning of first leg)
-
Fill-out
ES60 Pre-cruise settings sheet
-
Fill-out
ES60 Parameter change form
-
Check
FPC filebox or print copies of blank ES60 log forms for skipper
-
Following the calibration of a vessels ES-60 Simrad sounder the down
riggers and appropriate associated gear should be rinsed with freshwater
dried and stowed in a dry location. The "C" clamps provided should be
greased or at the very least, oiled to prevent corrosion and seizing of
the screw mechanism.
Software and Hardware
-
Set
up catch entry computer according to General Catch Data Entry
Instructions
-
Install
WHEELHOUSE updates (if necessary)
-
Make
sure new ES60 hard drive was installed for each new leg
-
Set up bridge computers according to
Marport and Wheelhouse cookbooks
-
Provide skipper
with most current version of Globe lines files and put in their
C:/Globe/lines/ directory (EBSGOODBAD_LINES2020.mdb,
EBSGOODBAD_LINES2019.mdb,EBSGOODBAD_LINES2018.mdb,
EBSGOODBAD_LINES2017.mdb)
-
Provide skipper
with most current Globe MARKS files (EBSstations_2020_Marks.mdb,
EBS_2019_GOODBAD_MARKS.mdb and EBS_ALL_GOODBAD_MARKS_new.mdb) and copy
to vessel C:/Globe/marks/ directory
-
Provide skipper
with most current Globe MARKS files (NBSstations_2020_Marks.mdb,
NBS_2019_GOODBAD_MARKS.mdb, NBS_2017_GOODBAD_MARKS.mdb, and
NBS_ALL_GOODBAD_MARKS_new.mdb) and copy to vessel C:/Globe/marks/
directory
-
Set
Globe program on bridge TO RECORD LOG AND TRACK data
-
All scales, tablets, and computers are
working before leaving the dock
-
Leg
1: make sure LW parameters in DATA_ENT program are correct
-
Make sure there is back up media: thumb drive, blank CDs for daily
backup of bridge and catch computer
Trawl net
-
Refer to net swapping procedure
to randomly determine the sequential order of net usage and record on
the Net Swapping Log Form.
-
Configure
attachment of net jewelry (see attached picture)
-
Net Swapping Log Form
-
Initialize
MK9 light meters and secure one on top of wheelhouse and the other for
use on trawl headrope
-
Mark
trawl wires (first leg) - Step-by-step Wire Marking Protocol
-
Do practice trawl and
fill out Standard Trawing Procedures form
Deck
-
Gloves of all sizes required by scientific crew
-
Catch, Haul, and Specimen Apps set up (back up paper forms available)
-
Pencils and Blank Printer Paper
-
Otolith and Specimen Supplies (ethanol, glycerol, otolith trays and
vials/caps, tweezers, knives, formalin, buckets, specimen labels,
plastic bags)
-
Stuff
otolith vials with labels (otolithlabels.xls)
-
Add polycorder mount and length strip to length boards
-
Check that you have bleach in your inventory for cleaning otolith trays
-
Check that you have sufficient marking paint in your inventory
-
Check to see if there is a meter stick for measuring trawl alley catches
-
Document vessel ingress and egress
-
Check content’s of your vessel’s BCS tool box on arrival or before start
of leg. Turning the BCS tool box over to the vessel’s deck crew does not
release you from responsibility for the condition of it’s contents